Exhibitions & Shows
The best of the year's art exhibitions and shows, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Artist Lauren Drescher’s mythical mermaid prints balance rhythm and reverieThe New Zealand and France-based artist exhibits blue-washed prints of otherworldly aquatic tales in New York
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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Sussy Cazalet’s sun-drenched tapestries blur the boundaries between art, design and architectureAt Tristan Hoare Gallery in London, artist Sussy Cazalet's handwoven tapestries are inspired by mid-century design
By Hannah Silver Published
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Sound and Vision: inside Jason Bruges' joyful, immersive David Bowie tribute at Here EastHow the artist and lighting designer filled a vast warehouse with balloons, strobes and one of the Thin White Duke’s greatest songs
By Jordan Bassett Published
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Marie Antoinette finds her voice in London exhibition ‘Best Femmes Forever’Artists Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley’s satirical video installation reconsiders three women who lost their lives in the French Revolution
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Beanie Babies and Blockbuster nights: this nostalgic London exhibition revisits Y2K aesthetics‘Internet Cafe’, running until 7 March 2026, brings millennial culture into the gallery, paying tribute to the era of flip phones, velour tracksuits and analog rituals
By Anna Solomon Published
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Enter the dark, unsettling world of Pierre Huyghe in BerlinArtist Pierre Huyghe creates a haunting new world in his latest work, ‘Liminals’, commissioned by the LAS Art Foundation
By Hili Perlson Published
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Who are the emerging artists to know in the UK now?New Contemporaries’ annual exhibition in London and Middlesbrough spotlights 26 emerging and early-career artists working in the UK
By Hannah Silver Published
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Beryl Cook celebrated the maligned of British society: now her paintings have their moment in Plymouth‘Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy’ at The Box Plymouth shines a light on the often underestimated artist
By Hannah Silver Published
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The appeal of the ‘internet boyfriend’: Richard Hawkins in Vienna‘Potentialities’ at Kunsthalle Wien sees the American artist dissect the appeal of today’s movie hunk in his first institutional show in more than a decade
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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Inside AlUla Arts Festival 2026, an open air museum shaped by the desertSet across valleys, canyons and palm-filled oases, the festival brings together land art, performance and new institutions as the destination builds cultural momentum
By Lauren Ho Published
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Mickalene Thomas and Tom Wesselmann consider the female nude in Palm Springs'The Female Form: Tom Wesselmann & Mickalene Thomas from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation' places the artists' work in cultural context at Palm Springs Art Museum
By Hannah Silver Published
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'I have always been interested in debasement as purification': Sam Lipp dissects the body in LondonSam Lipp rethinks traditional portraiture in 'Base', a new show at Soft Opening gallery, London
By Emily Steer Published
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What do creatives pin to their walls? Artists from Tracey Emin to Michael Stipe reveal allAn exhibition at Incubator gallery, London, asks 45 creatives what is tacked to their studio walls – here are some of their pin-ups
By Hannah Silver Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards: meet Klára Hosnedlová, art’s Best DreamscaperThe immersive worlds that the Czech artist creates make her a worthy Wallpaper* Design Award 2026 winner; she speaks to us ahead of her first show at White Cube, London
By Hannah Silver Published
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David Lynch’s photographs and sculptures are darkly alluring in BerlinThe late film director’s artistic practice is the focus of a new exhibition at Pace Gallery, Berlin (29 January – 22 March 2026)
By Hannah Silver Published
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Winston Branch searches for colour and light in large-scale artworks in LondonWinston Branch returns to his roots in 'Out of the Calabash' at Goodman Gallery, London ,
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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MoMA celebrates African portraiture in a far-reaching exhibitionIn 'Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination' at MoMA, New York, studies African creativity in photography in front of and behind the camera
By Gameli Hamelo Published
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Don't miss these art exhibitions to see in JanuaryStart the year with an inspiring dose of culture - here are the best things to see in January
By Hannah Silver Published
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‘I want to bring anxiety to the surface': Shannon Cartier Lucy on her unsettling worksIn an exhibition at Soft Opening, London, Shannon Cartier Lucy revisits childhood memories
By Hannah Silver Published
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Robert Therrien's largest-ever museum show in Los Angeles is enduringly appealing'This is a Story' at The Broad unites 120 of Robert Therrien's sculptures, paintings and works on paper
By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Published
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Valie Export in Milan: 'Nowadays we see the body in all its diversity'Feminist conceptual artists Valie Export and Ketty La Rocca are in dialogue at Thaddaeus Ropac Milan. Here, Export tells us what the body means to her now
By Hannah Silver Published
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Sculptor Woody Othello paints a Miami museum red for a show that ‘almost hugs you’The Miami-born, California-based artist opens his first museum exhibition in his hometown as an experiential journey through life and lifeless objects
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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The most comprehensive showing of Nan Goldin’s photographs and films is intense and emotionalNan Goldin's moving-image work makes a heavy impact in ‘This Will Not End Well’ at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca
By Sofia Hallström Published
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How ethical is Google Street View, asks Jon Rafman in CopenhagenIn 'Report a Concern - the Nine Eyes Archives' at Louisiana Museum of Art, Copenhagen, Jon Rafman considers technology's existential implications
By Stephanie Gavan Published
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Eight questions for Bianca Censori, as she unveils her debut performanceBianca Censori has presented her first exhibition and performance, BIO POP, in Seoul, South Korea
By Hannah Silver Published
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Why are Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings at the Courtauld so tempting?The American artist’s thickly painted slices of cake at the Courtauld are some of our favourite artworks seen this year. What makes them so special?
By Hannah Silver Published
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‘Seriously,’ says Sprüth Magers, art can be funny tooAt Sprüth Magers, London, group show ‘Seriously’ delves into humour in art, from the satirical to the slapstick
By Hannah Silver Published


